Arab League monitors face criticism and rejection in SyriaARAB LEAGUE monitors overseeing implementation of the organisation’s plan to end violence in Syria faced rejection and impatience…Thu Dec 29 2011 - 00:00
Syrian army withdraws tanks as monitors arriveSYRIAN ARMY tanks and troops pulled back from flashpoint districts of the central city of Homs yesterday as a dozen Arab League…Wed Dec 28 2011 - 00:00
Suicide bomber kills seven outside Iraqi ministryA SUICIDE bomber detonated a car bomb yesterday at a checkpoint leading to the Iraqi interior ministry, killing five policemen…Tue Dec 27 2011 - 00:00
Team of monitors arrives in Syria as 20 die in clashesAS ARAB League monitors arrived in Syria yesterday, opposition activists reported that 20 people died in a restive quarter of…Tue Dec 27 2011 - 00:00
Twin bomb attacks in Syria kill at least 40TWO VEHICLES laden with bombs have exploded within moments of each other outside two state security offices in the Syrian capital…Sat Dec 24 2011 - 00:00
Iraq's political crisis deepens as bombings kill at least 72FOURTEEN WELL co-ordinated bomb attacks have hit Baghdad, killing at least 72 people and wounding nearly 200.Fri Dec 23 2011 - 00:00
Tahrir activists regroup after raidTROOPS ARMED with tear gas, batons, cattle prods and automatic weapons mounted a dawn raid yesterday to drive democracy activists…Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Army deserters shot dead in SyriaDOZENS OF Syrian army deserters were shot dead yesterday as they tried to flee their base and defect to join the nine-month revolt…Tue Dec 20 2011 - 00:00
Arrest warrant threatens Iraqi governmentIRAQI SECURITY officials yesterday barred Sunni vice president Tareq al-Hashemi from travelling abroad, risking the collapse …Tue Dec 20 2011 - 00:00
10 killed in third day of Egyptian clashesTROOPS AND democracy activists have clashed for a third day outside the cabinet offices near Tahrir Square as the ruling military…Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:00
Demand at mass rallies for Arab League action on SyriaTHOUSANDS OF Syrian anti-regime opponents marked nine months of unrest by demanding that the Arab League respond to Damascus’…Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Killing of 27 Syrian soldiers reportedSYRIAN ARMY defectors have killed at least 27 loyalist soldiers and security personnel during fighting in the southern province…Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
US withdrawal leaves Iraqi society in a shamblesANALYSIS: THE FLAG of US forces in Iraq was yesterday lowered to mark the withdrawal of combat troops nearly nine years after…Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Turnout brisk in Egyptian electionsEGYPTIANS FLOCKED to the polls yesterday in the second round of a parliamentary election in which two Muslim fundamentalist parties…Thu Dec 15 2011 - 00:00
Syrian local elections go ahead amid protests despite mounting death tollSYRIANS CAST ballots yesterday in elections for local councils under a new law designed to decentralise the country’s administration…Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
Clashes with Syrian military leave 10 protesters deadSYRIAN TROOPS backed by tanks yesterday fought defectors in the largest engagement since unrest erupted in mid-March, opposition…Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
Assad denies responsibility for repressionSYRIAN PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad has denied direct responsibility for the crackdown by his country’s security forces on protesters…Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Syrian response positive to Arab League ultimatumIN A bid to stave off the imposition of punitive Arab measures against Syria, Damascus has responded positively to the Arab League…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
'When we go to work we do not know if we will reach home'LETTER FROM HAMA, SYRIA: W E SET off in a minibus for Hama under a grey, drizzly sky, a four-wheel-drive vehicle carrying security…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Egypt's fundamentalists win two-thirds of voteMUSLIM FUNDAMENTALIST parties took nearly two-thirds of the vote in the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary election, capitalising…Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Syria faces fresh Arab League sanctionsDAMASCUS FACED fresh Arab League sanctions yesterday as a deadline expired on a deal to admit monitors to oversee implementation…Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Fundamentalists' win confirms worst fears of Egypt's secularistsTHE TRIUMPH of Muslim fundamentalists in the first round of Egypt’s first genuine multiparty parliamentary election has confirmed…Sat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00
Muslim Brotherhood candidate insists party against mixing religion and politicsTHE MUSLIM Brotherhood expects its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, will win a solid bloc of seats in Egypt’s new…Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
Egyptians queue patiently to vote for changeAT EIGHT o’clock in the morning the line of voters four and five abreast and 200 metres-long stretches along October 26th street…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Arab League imposes sweeping sanctions on SyriaTHE ARAB League yesterday imposed far-reaching sanctions on Syria after Damascus refused to permit monitors to enter the country…Mon Nov 28 2011 - 00:00
Damascus defiant in face of league call on crackdownDAMASCUS HAS adopted a defiant stand against the Arab League plan which calls for an end to the crackdown on protests in Syria…Mon Nov 21 2011 - 00:00
Activists take Cairo's Tahrir Square after battlePROTESTERS RETOOK Cairo’s Tahrir Square last night after a running battle with police armed with tear gas, truncheons, rubberbullets…Mon Nov 21 2011 - 00:00
Syrians protest over suspension from leagueHUNDREDS OF thousands of Syrians thronged the central squares of cities across the country yesterday to denounce the Arab League…Mon Nov 14 2011 - 00:00
Activists claim 14 protesters killed at rallies in SyriaAT LEAST 14 protesters were said by activists to have been killed yesterday in rallies calling on the Arab League to suspend …Sat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
At least 3,500 killed in Syria since start of protests, says UNAT LEAST 3,500 people have been killed since protests began in Syria in mid-March, the UN reported yesterday.Wed Nov 09 2011 - 00:00
Syrian troops kill 13 despite league's peace planAT LEAST 13 protesters were killed yesterday when troops opened fire on demonstrations following prayers on Eid al-Adha, the …Mon Nov 07 2011 - 00:00
At least nine dead in Syria as regime pledges to free prisonersAT LEAST nine protesters were reported killed yesterday in Syria in continuing violence despite a commitment by Damascus to an…Sat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
Algeria says Arab League near deal with DamascusALGERIA’S FOREIGN minister Mourad Medelci has said that Damascus has reached an agreement with an Arab League committee on a …Wed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
Saudi minister to be new crown princeSAUDI ARABIA’S powerful interior minister Prince Nayef is set to be named crown prince following the demise of Sultan, the heir…Mon Oct 24 2011 - 01:00
Mubarak's former allies seek electionAHEAD OF today’s deadline for candidate registration for Egypt’s November 28th parliamentary election, democracy activists have…Sat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00
Time not right to resume talks, says Palestinian leaderPALESTINIAN PRIME minister Salam Fayyad has said that the time is not ripe for meaningful negotiations with Israel as a renewal…Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Soldier's release lends general boost to both sidesTHE LOPSIDED, 1,027 to one, prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel suits both sides and has given a boost to Egypt, which…Wed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
Arab League fails to agree on SyriaARAB FOREIGN ministers failed to reach agreement yesterday during a meeting in Cairo to discuss boosting pressure on Syria to…Mon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
Rights watchdog warns of civil war after nine killed in SyriaSYRIAN FORCES yesterday fired on demonstrators, killing nine around the country, activists said.Sat Oct 15 2011 - 01:00
Cypriot court hears closing arguments in Quinn caseJUDGE YIASIMIS Yiasemi of the District Court of Nicosia in Cyprus yesterday heard closing statements from counsel in the case…Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Egyptian military accused over deathsEGYPT’S COPTIC church yesterday severly criticised the country’s authorities for failing to prevent violence that left 26 dead…Tue Oct 11 2011 - 01:00
Assad blames West for slow progress on political reformTHE SYRIAN president has reiterated his commitment to carry out reforms, as his foreign minister threatened retaliation against…Mon Oct 10 2011 - 01:00
Eight Syrian protesters killed by troopsSYRIAN TROOPS killed at least eight protesters yesterday while thousands rallied in support of a newly formed united opposition…Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00
Exiled Syrians tell of long arm of the regimeSYRIAN OPPOSITION activists in Europe and the Americas have been “systematically monitored and harassed” by embassy officials…Wed Oct 05 2011 - 01:00
'Non-member state' status would be a breakthroughPALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas decided to make an initial appeal for recognition of a Palestinian state within the 1967 …Sat Sept 24 2011 - 01:00
Palestinians face fiscal crisis, warns World BankPALESTINIANS FACE an “acute financial crisis” due to declining growth and diminishing aid ahead of next week’s call for recognition…Tue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00
Arab League chief agrees reforms with Syrian leaderARAB LEAGUE secretary general Nabil al-Arabi has announced that agreement has been reached with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad…Mon Sept 12 2011 - 01:00
Egypt seeks to reassure Israel on peace treaty commitmentANALYSIS: JORDAN RESPONDED to a mob attack on Friday night on the Israeli embassy in Cairo by boosting security around the embassy…Mon Sept 12 2011 - 01:00
Thousands protest in Tahrir Square at lack of changeTENS OF thousands of Egyptians yesterday returned to Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square and to the streets of other cities and towns…Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00
Six soldiers among 12 people killed in violence across SyriaTWELVE PEOPLE were killed during protests across Syria yesterday, said anti-regime local co-ordination committees as the official…Mon Sept 05 2011 - 01:00
